B: If i had any fashion sense at all, Iwould want to be David Bowie. That man can wear the shit out of anything.

G: Oh God, yes. I mean Prince can make ridiculous shit look good, but Bowie actually has a really keen fashion sense. To be fair, you can’t be traipsing around in jeans and t-shirts when you’re married to Iman.

B: They would have to be very expensive, tailored T-shirts.

G: Gucci t-shirts.

B: OK, lets step away from Bowie for a second, and go to quite possibly our oldest and standbyest of old standbys.

G: Post ‘stache Hall and Oates!

I’ll say, I walked away impressed by Hall’s voice when I saw them live a couple of years ago.

B: I’m still debating going to see him in concert next month.

G: Solo?

B: With Sharon Jones.

G: Well, their episode of Live From Daryl’s House was pretty great.

B: Haven’t seen it.

As i’ve mentioned before, I’m fairly ambivalent about Sharon Jones.

G: Oh man. I mean, on record, I can understand. But she’s got a great voice, and is pretty awesome live.

But, how much do you want to spend on all Hall, no Oates? That’s the real question.

B: Well, let’s be real here. How much does Oates add to the equation?

G: Point taken, I guess. But you know…”the real deal.”

B: I honestly would rather see Hall & Oates together, but who knows when/if i’ll get that chance?

So, wanna go in a different direction? we’re not done yet!

G: All ears, mate!

G: Oh man.

B: There was a time when i adored this song. One of Jam & Lewis’s better moments.

G: It’s definitely even more typical ’90s production than Al B. Sure!

B: You might be right. And the video screams ’90s.

G: Yeah. White suits, boats, sunsets…

B: S.S. Candy Girl!!

G: Ha!

B: OK, one more! Into the 21st century!

Oh wait, Hall & Oates was the 21st century. Anyway…

G: Tag this with “shit I totally forgot about”

B: Sean Paul needs subtitles…and i grew up around Jamaicans.

I can say this is a fun song, but probably not much in the same league as the others.

G: But there’s a hell of a lot more rump shakin’ going on here.

B: Welcome to every reggae video made post-1990

So there we go. Five songs. All with the same title. Three of them different compositions entirely. Whatcha thinking?

G: I’m going to be totally and brutally honest here. My interest kind of waned as we went along.

B: Is that due to the songs getting progressively worse?

G: I don’t know that they necessarily got worse, but there wasn’t a whole lot to keep me interested.

G: “I’m Still in Love with You” is a great song, one of Al Green’s many classics.

I’m generally pretty uninterested in Hall & Oates doing covers – I know exactly what I’m going to get there. I’m also not so interested in anything that they’ve produced post Big Bam Boom. So double whammy there.

The Al B Sure! and New Edition sounded exactly as I expected them to.

B: You hadn’t heard either one of them before?

G: I honestly don”t believe so. I did enjoy hearing the Sean Paul track again, though

B: Hmmm…slightly odd. The ABS song wasn’t a very big hit, but the N.E. song was huge, and certainly from a time period where you’d remember it having been a radio hit.

G: Maybe I drank too much Surge that year.

B: Actually, nerd alert. It was the 3rd highest charting song of their career on the pop charts.